| AMTK 94 stopped for load/unload in her transition from westbound (from Spokane (WA) and Chicago) to southbound run. Not sure how many stations pull this, but the routine is to block the at-grade crossing with passengers unloading on the newly formed platform (before it was a trudge across uneven gravel and ballast!), keep it stopped in the crossing until cleared, then hit the gas to cross the bridge (visible right off the near prow of the station) across the Columbia River to head into Portland (Oregon). Then again, I guess you do what you have to when youre positioned at a wye junction right on the edge of a river with only one bridge available. Shed pulled in right as BNSF 6617s triple play mixed freight had come through to the immediate left of this frame to split north and into the by-pass area... and this was shot as the crossing to the east started with the sounding of approaching double-stack with BNSF 4166 (confused yet? I was - not sure where to aim the camera when - not sure how the folks do it with interlock crossings! (Maybe they have better views and dont have to rely on sound to guess whos coming from where because every direction is practically blocked for any distance). |
| Date:
2/6/2016 |
Location:
Vancouver, WA Map  |
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Collection Of:
 
B Campbell |
| Locomotives: |
Author: B Campbell
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| Picture Categories: Bridge,Station,Signal,Passenger |
This picture is part of album: Vancouver, WA Station and Assoc Area |